Park hours expanded in September!

[Mrs~Incredible]

just checking my week and both MK and AK now open a bit longer!

Woohoo!

With all the closures, disappointing ROL rumors, and now the blasted crane- this is definitely a bright spot!



Just a heads up as I know this will affect plans!

 

[clairenutter]

I am guessing that means we will be able to see the night show at AK!! Fingers crossed.

 

[Mrs~Incredible]

I am guessing that means we will be able to see the night show at AK!! Fingers crossed.

Not sure if it means that (hope hope wish wish), but at least we can see the tree of life at night!!

 

[clairenutter]

Fingers crossed it means we get to see the nightshow also!

 

[yulilin3]

Not sure if you guys now but the Jungle Book show will close Sept. 5th
As for nighttime activities, Safari will be open until park closing and both dance parties, also the tree of life awakening will happen a couple of times since sunset is around 8:00pm in early Sept. moves backwards as the month progresses

 

[NZDisneyFanGirl14]

They are messing with my plans. At least I won't feel so bad planning in a break in the middle of the afternoon now since we can make up the hours later in the evening. I'm hoping the extend AK hours the first week of October now too.

 

[clairenutter]

Not sure if you guys now but the Jungle Book show will close Sept. 5th
As for nighttime activities, Safari will be open until park closing and both dance parties, also the tree of life awakening will happen a couple of times since sunset is around 8:00pm in early Sept. moves backwards as the month progresses

I didn't know that they had said the jungle book show will finish on the 5th or September. I wonder if that means Rivers of Light will start soon. Perhaps I am being a little bit hopeful!

 

[yulilin3]

I didn't know that they had said the jungle book show will finish on the 5th or September. I wonder if that means Rivers of Light will start soon. Perhaps I am being a little bit hopeful!

No word on RoL.

 

[clairenutter]

boooo

 

[Hopefully]

I read that ROL will continue extensive testing after Jungle Book finished. They need that space to test in. Looks like ROL is still aways away

 

[Mrs~Incredible]

Not sure if you guys now but the Jungle Book show will close Sept. 5th
As for nighttime activities, Safari will be open until park closing and both dance parties, also the tree of life awakening will happen a couple of times since sunset is around 8:00pm in early Sept. moves backwards as the month progresses

Hi friend!
Yes I heard about JB closing, and I know ROL is very unlikely for our trip- but I am just so excited to see AK at night!

 

[Huff]

I'm hoping the extend AK hours the first week of October now too.

Hours were extended for October. Originally AK was scheduled to close at 5pm. Latest schedule shows AK open till 7:30pm. With sunset being around 7:15pm it is unlikely there will be any night time shows as it won't be dark until closer to 7:45pm.

 

[clairenutter]

Hours were extended for October. Originally AK was scheduled to close at 5pm. Latest schedule shows AK open till 7:30pm. With sunset being around 7:15pm it is unlikely there will be any night time shows as it won't be dark until closer to 7:45pm.

The hours may well get extended just like the September hours have been and I believe this only happened fairly recently.

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/destinations/animal-kingdom/

 

[Jadyreen1282]

We are there 9/2-9/10 so at least we will get to see Jungle Book. It's all a work in progress and I have no complaints.

 

[SPOERLX3]

I was just noticing on the Disneyworld.com website, they have extended the September hours past September 5th. Nothing (yet) showing a night time show at AK but more time to enjoy the parks!

 

[bryanb]

(insert a lot of grumbling about how these changes completely screw over plans, and why can't Disney do anything right?)

Just kidding! This is great, thanks for the heads up!

 

[SPOERLX3]

(insert a lot of grumbling about how these changes completely screw over plans, and why can't Disney do anything right?)

Just kidding! This is great, thanks for the heads up!

I do agree! I just wish they would finalize the hours and magic hours before the 180 day mark or at lease before the 60 day mark when we have to do our FP+ selections!

 

[SBWB48]

Not sure if you guys now but the Jungle Book show will close Sept. 5th
As for nighttime activities, Safari will be open until park closing and both dance parties, also the tree of life awakening will happen a couple of times since sunset is around 8:00pm in early Sept. moves backwards as the month progresses

@yulilin3 i noticed in another thread that someone posted they saw on the HUB that they are not doing the nighttime safari anymore!? Have you seen this change at all on your end? We planned a night at AK to do EE and the safari at night before close, so would have to rework some plans if that were the case. Just a little odd how that person also said their source was the HUB, but you've always been spot on, so wanted to check and see if the safari will still be opened until park closing the last week of September?

 

[megster1123]

I do agree! I just wish they would finalize the hours and magic hours before the 180 day mark or at lease before the 60 day mark when we have to do our FP+ selections!

I had this same wish back in April when I made our ADRs and again last week when our FP window opened.
My wish was not granted

 

[DisneyKeepsUsYoung]

Yeah! Now it will actually be dark to see the Tree of Life for our trip!
I wonder if this means they are expecting higher crowds by extending MK hours too though.